3 Strategies to Keep Your Digestive Tract Running Smoothly

As a Nutritionist, I find that Digestion and the Digestive Tract itself is the main reason most people have health issues.   In fact, digestive issues are one of the main reasons for visits to health care providers and emergency rooms!

Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, was quoted as saying "All disease begins in the gut" Poor digestion and digestive issues have been linked as causes for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular issues to name just a few.

So, to keep your digestive system humming smoothly, here are three main strategies that you can follow:

• Detoxification
• Adding probiotics to your diet to build healthy gut flora
• Eat alkalinizing foods to balance your blood pH

1.  Detoxification

Removing toxins from the digestive tract, especially the colon, can facilitate digestion, absorption, nutrient assimilation and elimination. Detox can double up as elimination diet (be sure to work with a health care practitioner - check out my 14 Day Detoxification Program) during which you eliminate certain foods from your diet and add them back in after a week or two, one by one, to see if you are allergic to certain foods – some of these sensitivities can irritate and damage intestinal linings, causing leaky gut syndromes or other digestive ailments.

Here are a few examples of cleansing and detox protocols:

• Fruits and Vegetable Cleansing
• Metabolic Cleansing
• Vitamin C Flush

These protocols should be conducted with the supervision of a wellness professional to ensure safety and efficacy.

At home, you can try carrot and apple juice (aids colon detox), or starting your day with a cup of warm water with juice of half a lemon first thing in the morning on an empty stomach (supports liver).

2.  Healthy Gut Flora

Add foods that are rich in probiotics into your diet, namely cultured and fermented foods, examples include:

• Yogurt and kefir
• Kimchi
• Sauerkrauts
• Natto
• Kombucha 

Supplementation with prebiotics and probiotics is also beneficial.  Please contact a health care practitioner, such as myself, to ensure you are getting the best one suited to  you and  your needs.

3.  Alkalinizing blood pH

Create an alkaline internal environment – it is particularly great for facilitating elimination:

• “Green juice” made from algae, spirulina, leafy greens etc. (You can get them in powder form in canisters or packets)
• Lemon juice in warm water, most effective when taken in the morning on an empty stomach

Fruits and vegetables – besides the alkalinizing properties, the fiber can aid elimination while the enzyme from raw fruits and vegetables can aid digestion and absorption.

If you think you have digestive issues, I can help.
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